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condecentia

condecentia 1 fittingness, seemliness, what is appropriate. 1281 de communi bursa recipiant omnes sibi necessaria, abbas ‥ secundum ~iam status sui et obedienciarii secundum providenciam abbatis Peckham Ep. 189; 1326 juxta status sui ~iam Reg. Heref. 360; s1460 assistentibus sibi [sc. regi] ‥ dominis dictis intractantibusque eum cum omni reverencia, ~ia et honore Reg. Whet. I 375. 2 (?) compliance; cf. condescendentia. quod probatur ex condescencia apostolice sanctitatis Peckham Puer. Obl. 423 (cf. ib. 424: ex condecencia).

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